Exercise under heat stress: thermoregulation, hydration, performance implications, and mitigation strategies

JD Périard, TMH Eijsvogels… - Physiological …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
A rise in body core temperature and loss of body water via sweating are natural
consequences of prolonged exercise in the heat. This review provides a comprehensive and …

Limits of ultra: towards an interdisciplinary understanding of ultra-endurance running performance

NJA Berger, R Best, AW Best, AM Lane, GY Millet… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Ultra-endurance running (UER) poses extreme mental and physical challenges that present
many barriers to completion, let alone performance. Despite these challenges, participation …

Heat alleviation strategies for athletic performance: a review and practitioner guidelines

OR Gibson, CA James, JA Mee, AGB Willmott… - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
International competition inevitably presents logistical challenges for athletes. Events such
as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games require further consideration given historical climate data …

Five weeks of heat training increases haemoglobin mass in elite cyclists

BR Rønnestad, H Hamarsland, J Hansen… - Experimental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the central question of this study? Do haemoglobin mass and red
blood cell volume increase in elite cyclists training in a hot environment compared to a …

Cognitive performance is associated with cerebral oxygenation and peripheral oxygen saturation, but not plasma catecholamines, during graded normobaric hypoxia

TB Williams, J Corbett, T McMorris… - Experimental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the central question of this study? What are the mechanisms
responsible for the decline in cognitive performance following exposure to acute normobaric …

Effects of acute or chronic heat exposure, exercise and dehydration on plasma cortisol, IL-6 and CRP levels in trained males

JT Costello, RA Rendell, M Furber, HC Massey… - Cytokine, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examined the acute and chronic effects of euhydrated and hypohydrated heat
exposure, on biomarkers of stress and inflammation. Eight trained males [mean (SD) age: 21 …

Hematological adaptations to prolonged heat acclimation in endurance-trained males

L Oberholzer, C Siebenmann, CJ Mikkelsen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heat acclimation is associated with plasma volume (PV) expansion that occurs within the
first week of exposure. However, prolonged effects on hemoglobin mass (Hbmass) are …

Effects of heat acclimation and acclimatisation on maximal aerobic capacity compared to exercise alone in both thermoneutral and hot environments: a meta-analysis …

M Waldron, R Fowler, S Heffernan, J Tallent, L Kilduff… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Heat acclimation and acclimatisation (HA) is typically used to enhance
tolerance to the heat, thereby improving performance. HA might also confer a positive …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-adaptation from heat stress to hypoxia: A systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis

AGB Willmott, AG Diment, HC Chung, CA James… - Journal of thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cross-adaptation (CA) refers to the successful induction of physiological adaptation under
one environmental stressor (eg, heat), to enable subsequent benefit in another (eg …

Performance changes following heat acclimation and the factors that influence these changes: meta-analysis and meta-regression

CL Benjamin, Y Sekiguchi, LA Fry, DJ Casa - Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heat acclimation (HA) is the process of intentional and consistent exercise in the heat that
results in positive physiological adaptations, which can improve exercise performance both …